Leo Johnson , secretary of the State
Society of Labor. Kansas , left for
I'ittsburg , Kan. , where he goes to act
a an arbitrator between the mine
owners and the miners , who arc now
on a. Htrllce. The position which Mr.
Johnson occupies under the new law
creating his department under a new
name assigns him such work as this ,
although this is the first time he has
ever been called upon to assist In set-
lllng a strike.
Discretion Is the salt , and fancy the
HUgar of life ; the one preserves , the
other sweetens It. Bovee.
"Durability is
Better Than Show/9
TJic 'wealth of the mulli-millioraircs is
not equal lo good health. Riches 'without
health ate a curse , and yet ths rich , the
middle classes and the poor alike have , in
Hood's Sarsaparilla , a 'valuable assistant
in getting and maintaining perfect health.
The darkest cloud , financially speak
ing , is the one that has no silver lin
ing.
Hint to HoiiHckecporH.
Skirts and dresses bhould always bo
Bturched in hot starch. " Faultless Starch"
gives the Lost results ns it does not injiiro
the fabrics. All grocers sell it , lOc a package.
Without constancy there is neither
love , friendship nor virtue in the
world. Addison.
IMPORTANT LAW POINT.
Has Just Boon Established for Califor
nia Fig Syrup Co.
An Important decision has just been ,
rendered in San Francisco in the
United States Circuit Court , in the case
of the "California Fig Syrup Company
vs. Clinton E. Worden & Co. , et al. "
The principal defendant is a large non-
secret manufacturing concern. A per
manent injunction has been granted
enjoining the defendant * from using
the name Syrup of Figs , or Fig
Syrup -and ordering them to pay the
costs and account for damages. The
decision is of the greatest value , not
only to manufacturers of proprietary
articles , but to the public generally , as
it affirms that the valuable reputation
acquired by an article of merit , will ho
protected by the Courts , end that the
party who builds the reputation by ex
tensive and legitimate advertising , is
entitled to the full fruits of his enter
prise. This confirms the title of the
California Fig Syrup Co. to this genu
ine and most valuable remedy , "Syrup
of Figs. "
Dr. Nedley , who has just died in
Dublin , was at one time medical offi
cer of the Dublin metropolitan police.
One Sunday afternoon a crowd was
standing outside a public house before
the psychological moment arrived. Dr.
Medley approached , was recognized by
some of the crowd , which opened out
to let him pass , one of them remark
ing : "Lat the doctor pass , boys ; sure
he has kilt more polis than all the
invincibles put together. "
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OUR CELEBRATION.
The birds have been practicing glees ,
but today
They gave up their concert and flew
away ;
And the locusts and grasshoppers ,
noisy and shrill ,
Could not make themselves heard.and
so they kept still ;
And the blustering wind went off in a
huff ,
Since nobody noticed how loud he
could puff.
And the clouds rolled up from the west
in a row.
For they thought that the noise in the
world below
Was the voice of the thunder to call
them together ,
And so they began to make showery
weather.
And the Man in the Moon , being great
ly perplexed
To know whatever would happen next.
Wished for hands or feet , as well as
a face ,
To cover his ears up , or run from his
place.
And the baby stars opened their bright
little eyes ,
And stared down below with the great
est surprise
To see how the rockets shot up in the
sky
But they never guessed out
What it all was about ,
That we were just keeping the Fourth
of July.
Peresis Gardiner.
AN EPISODE OF THE FOURTH.
Oh , yes , we had a glorious time , of
course. We always do. We didn't be-
-
-
,
"I FELT SOMETHING HOT AGAINST
MY LEG. "
jjln firing till 7 o'clock , partly because
t wakes people up. and partly because
t is so silly to use up all your crack
ers before breakfast , as some boys do ,
and have none for the rest of the day ,
and have everyone to think you a nui
sance beside.
We 'had a good Jot of crackers , and
my horn was almost the biggest size
there is , though papa did say it was a
pity I didn't get a fog-horn. I am not
sure whether he was in earnest , how
ever ; he isn't always.
We had no accidents ; that is , noth-
ng to speak of. Polly burned two or
.hree of her fingers a little , but we
made that all right with soda and a
rag , and she never cried a bit ; but
.here was an episode , and it happened
o me. This was the way it happened.
! wanted both my hands to use , and
: had a piece of punk in one of them ,
and there was no place to lay it down ,
and everybody else's hands were full ,
too , so I well , I just put it into my
jocket for a minute. It was lighted ,
) ut I didn't think it would do any
larm just for a minute. I forgot that
. ' had a whole bunch of firecrackers in
: hat same pocket.
Suddenly I heard some one cry out ,
'Tom is afire ! " and then there came
a puff of smoke in my face , and then
pop ! snap ! bang ! crack ! fizz ! whizz !
crackelty-bang ! the crackers began to
go off in my pocket !
Everybody was yelling , and just for
BILLY TOOK IT UP AND SHOOK
OUT THE CRACKERS ,
a minute I didn't know what to do. I
ran , but the crackers ran with me ,
and the faster I went , the harder they
popped. Then all at once I saw what
to do , and I pulled off my jacket and
threw it on the grass. Luckily it was
my jacket , and not my trouser-pocket !
Billy took it up and shook out the
crackers , and then he turned out the
pocket , but there wasn't much left to
turn. It was just a black rag , and it
dropped into little pieces. Then there
was a big piece that looked as if it had
once been white , and that , they said ,
was my handkerchief , but I should
never have known it.
Well , of course they all laughed at
me a good deal , but I didn't mind
much , for it really was very funny , I
suppose ; but my advice to other boys
is : Don't carry crackers in your pock
et , and if you do , don't put a lighted
slow-match in with them !
Laura E. Richards.
LOUIE'S FOURTH V/ITH "OLD
ARIZONY. "
It was nearly noon when "old
Arizony , " coming down from his camp
for a bucket of milk , found a lonesome
little boy standing guard on the door
step while mamma was resting within.
"An' so you ain't at the picnic ? " he
said. How's that ? Your ma wasn't
feelin' right good , an' you stayed at
home with her so's your pa could take
everybody else to the picnic. Well ,
that's rough ! I didn't git to go my
self , but sure's I'm a old gold-miner
from Arizony I'm a-thinkin' right now
"AN' SO YOU AIN'T AT THE
PICNIC ? "
old Arizona , as he put Louis on his
of celebratin' this Fourth if I can run
acrost anybody that'll jine in an1
help ! "
"Oh , if mamma was well I "
Louis began , and just then mamma ,
hearing them talking , opened the
door ; and she said she felt ever so
much better , and he must go and help
Mr. Arizona celebrate. And besides
the bucket of milk , she filled one also
with cakes and pies.
"Well , I reckon this beats all the
ridey-go-rounds at the picnic ! " said
old Arizona , as he put Louie on hid
burro tied at the garden gate.
And Louie thought so , too , as the
burro carried him , easy as a cradle ,
all the way to old Arizona's camp ,
where the big spruce stood up like a
tent over the pack-saddles and picks
and pans and blankets.
"Now , this Is a ginuwine picnic , "
said old Arizona , as he set out a whole
camp-kettle of cold venison. "Pitch
right in. "
And Louie politely "pitched in" to
the venison , and old Arizona as polite
ly "pitched in" to the milk and pies.
Then for the first time Louie thought
of it , and jumped right up with , "Oh ,
say , Mr. Arizona , how are we going
to celebrate 'thout any firecrackers ? "
"Ha ! ha ! haw ! " laughed old Ari
zona. "As if I ain't got the biggest
an' the best you ever see ! Ginuwine
cannot ones. Why , one of my giant
crackers'll go off louder than all the
crackers at the picnic put together !
Looky here ! "
He reached to a root behind him ,
and showed Louie a bundle of the
queerest looking "crackers. "
He laid one on a boulder and lit a
"THAT BEATS ANYTHING AT THE
PICNIC. "
fuse ; and didn't Louie jump at the
noise when it cracked that boulder !
"Now we'll have "
some water-works ,
said old Arizona. And he dropped one
with a lighted fuse in the creek by
the spruce , and it went off with a
splutter that sent the water to the
spruce's top.
"And now we must have a real big
cannon one , " he said ; and he put three
whole crackers in a hole in a dead cot-
tonwood. And in a minute that tough
old tree flew everywhere in splinters ,
while a roar louder than thunder went
rolling through the hills.
"I reckon that beats anything at the
picnic , " said old Arizona.
And Louie said that it beat the pic
nic all to pieces. J. S. Oakling.
Hirsute Statistics.
Blonde hair is finer than that of any
other color. By actual count it has
be n ascertained that 400 hairs to the
square inch grow upon the head of a
blonde beauty. The brown comes next
with 350 , then comes the black with
325 , and the red with 250 or 260. After
counting the hairs growing on an inch
square it has been estimated that on
the head of a blonde there will be
about 149,000 hairs , while a brown suit
of tresses will have 109,000 , a black
102,000 , and a red 90,000.
What some public speakers need is
better terminal facilities.
Their Varied Resources and Eich Possi-
bihties Pully Demonstrated.
THE EXPOSITION Of AN EMPIRE
What I i to IIu Shown at tlin Greater
America Exposition From tliu Klch
Country Aoiilrf < l by Our Covorninent
In the War AVIth Spain A DUpliiy
that Will Command the Admiration of
Hundred * of Thousand ) * .
In ( lays gone by the road from em
pire to republic has been long and
marked by desperate strugglos. In our
own time we have iscon a republic be
come an empire almost in a day ; a
free republic annexed , a kingdom
wrested from an old world tyrant and
added to the possessions of a younger
nation. The thunder of Dewey's guns
announced the opening of a new and
strange chapter in American history ,
a chapter of grand achievements and
mighty potent. The destinies of a people
ple may be at stake , the fate of a na
tion may hang in the balance as the
result of the stirring events crowded
into the brief space of a single year.
It has been said that "the dreams
which nations dream come true , " and
those who would give form and force
to such dreams must needs tinder-
stand not only the possibilities of suc
cess , but the dangers of failure.
When the war with Spain began a
great expositicn was well under way ,
an exposition international in its
scope. Its promoters realized that war
was likely to be detrimental to such
ties , to bring together In one vast col
lection the material evidences of their
resources and to display their varied
modes of life , their commerce and
their art , is the mission of the first
Greater America Colonial Exposition ,
which opens its gates at Omaha on
July 1st. That It was possible to do
this in so short a time was due to the
fact that the beautiful grounds and
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NATIVE DWELUHGSy Luzon/ /
magnilicent buildings of the Trans-
Mississippi Exposition were still in
tact and were secured for the new en
terprise. The task of collecting repre
sentative people and exhibits from
Cuba , Porto Rico , Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands was made compara
tively easy by government assistance
and the results so far attained have
surpassed even the expectations of
enthusiasts who inaugurated the great
enterprise. The ordinary work of yearn
has been compressed into a few short
months. The officers of the army and
other representatives of the govern
ment in the several islands hav
mnvE HOUSE w PHILUPINES )
nn enterprise and yet their work was
steadily pushed forward to a success
ful conclusion and the world saw a na
tion strong and vigorous enough to
wage a mighty Avar with an old world
power and at the same time hold a
grand exposition , typifying its great
resources , its marvelous progress and
its infinite possibilities. That same
spirit of indomitable energy has made
it possible to organize another grand
exposition which shall exploit the pos
sessions so recently acquired.
The American people are eagerly
discussing a most absorbing topic , and
spared no efforts to assist in the col
lection of exhibits which would ex
haustively illustrate each salient fea
ture of each of our new possessions ,
and whole families of natives , repre
senting almost every racial character
istic of the inhabitants of these sea-
washed lands , have been induced to
travel to the land of Stars and Stripes ,
there to build their homes and villages
for a brief time and to faithfully re
produce their daily life and customs.
In the colonial exhibits building will
be found the manufactures and prod
ucts of Cuba , Porta Rico , Hawaii and
CATiE
differ widely as to the solution of a
great national problem. Imperialism
and expansion find earnest advocates
and bitter opponents , and the future
of the young nation depends largely
upon a proper solution of this ques
tion. To meet a widespread demand
for informationtobring special knowl
edge on a special subject to the Amer
ican people , to illustrate and exploit
the characteristics of the peoples who
have recently found shelter beneath
our flag , to show without prejudice or
favor their capabilities and possibili-
the Philippines. In the Government
building the historical relics of the
late war with Spain and the present
war in the Philippines will prove of
interest to all. In the Horticultural
building , or Winter Garden , may be
seen the trees , plants , fruits and flow
ers of tropic and sub-tropic lands , a
splendid collection , the like of which
has never been surpassed at any ex
position , and which presents a rich
neld of study to the lover of nature.
Many of these rare plants and flowers
are used in decorating the grounds.
The illustrations shown herewith
give but a faint idea of a few of the
colonial features of the exposition and
but serve to foreshadow the wonderful
results which have been achieved in
securing a representative exhibit from
our colonial possessions.
The people of Hawaii are proud of
the fact that they are a part of this
great nation , and have made extensive
preparations for an exhibit of their
products and resources. There will also
be a. village of the native people , the
former owners and rulers of these rich i i
islands , in which native life and cus
toms will be accurately reproduced.
'
In all other departments the first
i Greater America Colonial Exposition
| bids fair to far surpass the great suc-
j cess scored last year by the Trans-Mis
sissippi exposition. Each department
is under the supervision of a manager
well versed in the art of exposition
building , and from July 1st to November -
' ber 1st no efforts will be spared to
i score a grand success.
i The Enchanted Island at the Greater
America Exposition in Omaha this
summer will contain a marvelous
troupe of Marionettes performing
amidst elaborate scenic effects